Billfold



R. N. LUPFER .im 1s, 1940.

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OU ATTORNEY? June 18, 1940.

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Patented June i8, 1940 i f v UNITED STATES PATENT oEFicE Robert N.' Lupfer, Springfield, Ohio, assignor to l The Springfield Leather Products Company, Springfield, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application January 12, 1939, Serial No. 250,595 I 3 claims. (c1. 15o-3m My invention relates to billfolds and in parshaped member consisting of across piece 9 and ticular to a telescopic support for cards and other legs Ill and I I. materials so arranged as to be readily telescoped The cross member 9 is mounted upon the glued or withdrawn from a pocket within the billfold. area 8 and the tips of the legs I0 and II, at

It is a further object of this invention tol pro- I2 and I3, are glued upon the glue area I4. Thus 5 vide such a telescopic support so as to both guide the legs I8 and I I form guide loops for the cross its movement into and out of the pocket and limit rod I5, which is mounted between the under sides its movement out of the pocket. of these loops I and II and the panel 6. The It is an object of this invention to provide a cross member 9 limits the outward movement of sliding pocket which telescopes within another this rod I5 and the glued attachment of the loops 10 pocket in a billfold and is so arranged that it is Ill and II, at I2 and I3, limit the inward moveboth guided by the pocket and limited in its movement thereof. The rod I5 carries the loop' of ment thm-@bv leather I8, which is attached to the sliding tele- In particular, it is the object of this inven- Scopic pocket comprising a back piece of leather l5 tion to provide a novel means of forming a guide I1 and a front face of transparent material I8. 15

for a telescopic pocket within a pocket and simul- When the panel 'I is folded over upon the panel taneously forming means of limiting the move- 6 and glued thereto by the areas I9 and I4 comment of one pocket with respect to the other. ing in engagement, a pocket is formed for the Referring to the drawings: reciprocating pocket composed of the pieces I1 Figure 1 is a perspective of the billfold opened and I8. Thereafter this pocket is turned over so 20 with a telescopic pocket pulled out. as to engage with the leather piece 5, to which Figure 2 is a view showing the parts of the `main it is glued along the line 20. pocket, the telescopic pocket and the guiding and In this way .a pocket is formed between the limiting means in dis-assembled condition. member 5 and the inside wall 'I of the main pocket g5 Figure 3 is a view of the assembled parts in as- 4. In Figure 1 a c-ard is shown being inserted in 25 sembled condition before being foldedrtoform the this space between the main pocket 4 and the main pocket, leather strip 5.

Figure 4 is asimilar view with the main pocket The primary feature of this'invention is, howpartially assembled. ever, the novel way in which the telescopic pocket Figure 5 is a view of the assembled pocket and is mounted and guided in the main pocket. e 30 telescopic pocket, with the telescopic pocket in By the utilization ofthe metal rod I5 beneath its innermost position. the legs I0 and II, it is possible to limit the in- Figure 6 is a similar view with the telescopic ward and outward movements of the telescopic pocket in its outer position. pocket` This is accomplished without having any Figure 7 is an inside detail view of the guiding tether or anchor strip which otherwise would have 35 and limiting means showing in stippled areas the to be folded in the main pocket, which would inparts of this guiding and limiting means that are crease the bulk of the billfold and impede the glued to the inside of the main pocket. movement of the telescopic pocket in the main Figure 8 is a section on the line 8 8, looking pocket, in the direction of the aII'OWS, 0n Figure 5. It will be understood that I desire to compre- 40 Figure 9 iS a Section 0n the lille 9 9, lOOking hend within my invention such modifications as in the direction of the arIOWS; 0u Figure 5. may be necessary to adapt it to varying condi- Figure 10 is a section on the line I U-I Il, on tions and uses Figure 6, 100kr1g in the dIBCtiUn 0f the aI'I'OWS- Having thus fully described my invention, what Figure 11 iS a SGCOII 0n the line H- l. 100k- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 45 ing in the direction of the arrows on Figure 5. Patent; is;

Figure 12 is a perspective view of a modified 1. In combination, in a billfold, means formform of telescoping pocket mehausming a pocket, a U-shaped member mounted in Referring t0 the drawngsin detail, I design-9178s said pocket attached at its ends to one wall of a billfold having an inner wall 2, with a pocket said pocket and free intermediate its ends of the 50 3 at one end and a main pocket 4 at the other wall of the pocket, a telescopic member slidably end. This main pocket iS mounted upon the wall mounted in said pocket between said U-shaped 2 and consists of the flap 5, the wall 6 and the member and a wall of the pockeuand a transverse inner wall 1. Mounted upon the inside of the rod mounted on the inner end of said telescopic wall 6 upon the glued area 8 is an inverted U- member having its ends'slidably mounted be- 65 tween the leg portions of said U-shaped member and the other wall of said pocket.

2. In combination, in a billfold having an outer and inner wall, means forming a main pocket mounted on the inner wall of said billfold comprising a folded strip of material connected to said wall, a U-shaped restraining and guiding member fastened at its ends to one wall of the pocket and free intermediate its ends of said wall, a telescopic pocket slidably mounted between said U-shaped member and one wall of the main pocket, and a` metal rod hingedly mounted on the inner end of said telescopic pocket parallel thereto and so arranged that theends of said rod extend between the legs of said U- shaped member and the other wall of the main pocket whereby the telescopic pocket is slidably guided and limited in its movement by the interengagement of said rod with said U-shapedmember.

3. In a billfold having an inner and an outer wall, means secured on one end half of said inner wall forming a main pocket which opens toward the other half of said inner wall and which is` otherwise closed, an inverted U-shaped member mounted between the walls of the main pocket with its arch portion disposed towards said other half of said inner wall and with its leg portions parallel to the sides of said main pocket and with the bottom portions of said leg portions extending towardsv the outward closed end of said main pocket, means securing the bottom portions of said leg portions to a Wall of said pocket, a cross-piece disposed transversely of the main pocket and having its ends slidably disposed between the leg portions of said U-shaped member and a wall of the main pocket, a. telescopic member slidably mounted in the main pocket on the other side of said U-shaped member, said telescopic member being attached at its middle inward portion to the middle portion of said crosspiece.

ROBERT N. LUPFER. 

